Brewer's attorney Joe Kanefield said he wasn't at all concerned about yesterday's ruling by a Virginia federal judge's decision to throw out a private law school's lawsuit against the individual mandate in the federal health care reform package.

Arizona has the chance to shape our health care as we make decisions and plans to implement federal health care reform. As a state, we face a great deal of work, but also immense new opportunities, and it’s time for the Arizona Legislature to roll up its sleeves.

Tom Chabin isn’t shy about airing disagreements with Republicans in committee hearings and floor debates, though he typically doesn’t get his way. That, after all, is par for the course for Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives, who are outnumbered by Republicans, 35-25.

Most Arizonans think the U.S. health care system needs revamping even though the majority are satisfied with the health insurance they have, according to a Cronkite/Eight Poll released Tuesday (Sept. 29).
Fifty percent of those surveyed said the health care system needs major changes and 31 percent said minor changes would do, while 12 percent said the system is fine as is.